Susan Van Dusen has practiced as a criminal defense attorney since 1980. Together with her former law partner, the late Albert J. Krieger, she gained a national reputation for representing individuals and corporations in complex federal conspiracy, money laundering, and racketeering prosecutions, as well as in other government enforcement matters, including proceedings before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She has extensive jury trial experience and has litigated matters throughout the United States and in multiple foreign jurisdictions.

Susan is a longtime Fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, and a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and the American Bar Association (ABA). She serves as Co-Chair of the NACDL Lawyers’ Assistance Strike Force and as a faculty member of the Trial Skills Academy at the Institute for Criminal Defense Advocacy. She has published and lectured extensively nationwide on issues of ethics and trial advocacy.

For many years, Susan has been individually ranked in Chambers USA and Best Lawyers for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. She has been AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 1990 and has received multiple commendation awards from NACDL. In 1998, she was nominated by The National Law Journal for its “List and Profiles of the Top 50 Women Civil and Criminal Lawyers in the United States.” In 1997, she was one of only five criminal defense attorneys—and the only woman—selected by the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to receive its Annual Superstar award.

In 2003, Susan was appointed Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Task Force on the Right to Counsel. Her experience also extends internationally. She is a Fellow of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague, a member of the Association of Defense Counsel admitted to practice before the Tribunal, and a member of the Bar of the International Criminal Court, International Criminal Defense Attorneys Association.

Education

• B.A., Cum Laude, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin (1968)

• Graduate, Institute on International & Comparative Law, Paris, France (1975)

• J.D., Cum Laude, University of Detroit School of Law (1977)

CLERKSHIP

• Hon. Judge Patricia J. Boyle, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1978-1980

  Admissions

• Florida

• Michigan

• United States Supreme Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

• U.S. District Court, Colorado

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

• U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota

Associations

• Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)

• Co-Chair of the Lawyers Assistance Strike Force, NACDL

• Co-Chair of the Lawyers Assistance Strike Force, NACDL

• Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL), Member, Miami Chapter

• American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section

• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague (Member, Association of Defense Counsel admitted to Practice before the Tribunal)

• International Criminal Defense Attorneys Association (Member, Bar of the International Criminal Court)

  Publications & LECTURES

• Krieger & Van Dusen, Is Two Too Many?, American Bar Association National Institute on Criminal Defense and Prosecution (1984)

• Krieger & Van Dusen, The Lawyer, The Client, and The New Law, Vol. 22, American Criminal Law Review (1985)

• Krieger & Van Dusen, Friendly Fire and Casualties of the War on Crime, Loyola Law Review (1996)

• Krieger & Van Dusen, Really, A Docu-Drama—The Art of Storytelling in a Trial, Cross Examination Techniques Book, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar, New York, New York (2003)

• Krieger & Van Dusen, Criminal Defense As Reality TV, Creative Solutions To Difficult Cases, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar, Portland, Oregon (2005)

• Krieger & Van Dusen, Thoughts On Preparing A Criminal Case Or One Way To Get There From Here, Utah National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah (February, 2008)